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Say hello to David Bradley, one of the 10 Republicans who are part of the Texas State Board of Education (SBoE). In response to an Associated Press reporter’s question about a vote to have Mexican American Studies (MAS) be part of the state’s formal curriculum, this is what Bradley said: We wonder what Bradley would […]

¡PENDEJO ALERT! Let the fear-mongering begin. The following “news” (cue dramatic music) by faux outlet Breitbart has American’s Favorite Pendejo, Rep. Steve King of Iowa (R), talking ignorance. Again. Here is the “shocking” video: Here is what King told Breitbart (we emphasized the big nugget for you): If we’re going to put out the bait, […]

The March 31 open enrollment deadline for the Affordable Health Care Act (ACT), also known as Obamacare, is fast approaching and the Twitter profile of CuidadoDeSalud.gov is making a final push for signups with what is one perplexing ad campaign. Here are just some of the tweets: “3: the # of picante bottles you have […]

For a second, we really thought that this was all fake, but alas, it is not. It all started with this tweet: The Lakewood Shopper uses actor @IAmLuisGuzman‘s pic instead of Druglord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman’s. @BuzzFeedAndrew pic.twitter.com/DXRUv8VeBD — Malei Rikud (@MaleiRikud) March 5, 2014 That tweet led to a story by Elite Daily, which […]

In response to a troupe dressed in KKK outfits at the Dominican Republic’s Carnival in Santo Domingo this Sunday, the country’s Ministry of Culture said that the troupe was speaking out against the KKK’s past and was not celebrating the organization, according to a statement published today in Spanish. Here is a translation of what […]

UPDATE, March 4, 2014: People who questioned the validity of the photo need to know that it is real. El Nuevo Herald in Miami also published it in a photo gallery by Chilean photographer Orlando Barría. This year’s Dominican Carnival concluded yesterday in the capital city of Santo Domingo. It featured 180 processions, representing the […]

After asking award-winning ad agency 72 and Sunny for comment about its latest UNHATE “Juanito the Illegal Immigrant” awareness campaign produced in association with the United Nations’ Department of Public Information and Benetton, Latino Rebels received an email response from an agency spokesperson defending the creative and editorial choices made for Juanito 2014: Thanks for […]

This story starts when the main Latino Rebels account received an email from someone at 72andSunny, “a full service, modern communications company, recently named ‘Agency of the Year’ by Advertising Age,” according to the agency’s website. The subject line to the email read: “Benetton & UN Create Illegal Immigrant Candidate for Governor of Arizona.” At first we […]

Does anyone not search the Internet before they consider new college parties? We guess not. The latest example of in cultural appropriation comes from Columbia University, as reported by the school’s paper, The Columbia Spectator: Two Facebook photos posted and later removed showed students in Columbia’s chapter of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority wearing sombreros, […]

In all seriousness, a story about listeria leading to one death and making three newborns sick is tragic, but we are still scratching our heads when we saw the following headline from an Associated Press article, as well as the first sentence from that very same article: Thinking it was a joke, we Googled the […]

We refuse to link back to Univision’s interview with George Zimmerman for a very simple reason: it was shameful. There is so much to be said about why the country’s largest Spanish-speaking network decided to interview a man whose only claim to fame was that he shot Trayvon Martin to death. What Univision did last […]

Reaction to the images of racist anti-immigrant graffiti from Wichita, Kansas shared with Latino Rebels earlier this morning has already gained momentum in our Facebook community and on our Tumblr. The story was also featured in Buzzfeed. The response by the artists who discovered their works defaced? They are “are ready to strike back.”  In a release sent to […]

Armando Minjarez is an immigrant activist and artist from Wichita, Kansas. Earlier this morning, he tweeted out the following: this happen last night #racist @marooncacoon @Scooby_Doo_98 @Hugogami @EmiraPalacios @LatinoLeadersKS @latinorebels pic.twitter.com/g3D70JkzYz — Armando Minjarez (@aminjarez) February 13, 2014 The tweet included this image: The graffiti sprayed on the mural changed the mural’s text to read, […]

Leave it to The Daily Show to offer one of the best responses we have seen about the whole Coca Cola ad. Our only beef? You could have added a Spanish speaker in the response, but still, it does speak to the core issue here, one that has been too common.

We get a lot of story ideas and tips from our Facebook community, and the following one from Elizabeth Ayala is perhaps one of the most bizarre ones we have ever seen. Here is what Elizabeth posted on our FB page: “Apparently Google search thinks the upcoming Chavez biopic is about Julio Cesar.” So we […]

This is nuts. Read the slideshow. It’s long, but it is quite telling.   [View the story “Travis County Sheriff’s Twitter Trolling #Not1More Protesters” on Storify]   By the way, a press release by #Not1More organizers was sent today: Travis County Sheriff Trolls #Not1More Protestors on Twitter Sheriff’s Online Comments Demonstrate His Misunderstanding of the  […]

Yo, Laura Ingraham, we have a few things to say to you. Yeah, it’s about your response to Justice Sonia Sotomayor (via Media Matters) for a speech Sotomayor gave where she took pride in saying that she was the first Justice to use the term “undocumented immigrant,” because “to call them illegal aliens seemed and […]

Earlier today, the Facebook page of “KOTV – The News On 6” out of Oklahoma shared the following post: Post by KOTV – The News On 6.   The response was so negative (just read the comments), that members of Dream Act Oklahoma (Tulsa) responded rather quickly with a call to action. Tonight, these DREAMers […]

Thanks for nothing, Food Network. This explains itself. (Original tweet here.) And while you are at it, add a “witty” song about guacamole. (Original link to video here, if it doesn’t load.) Our response? You know the routine by now: Thanks to @18millionrising for the heads up.

UPDATE, January 28, 2014: The petition reached 100K signatures. And according to POLITICO, “The White House did not respond to a request for reaction to the petition.” During the whole Justin Bieber arrest hysteria (for example, seriously, MSNBC?), many in our community quickly pointed out the immigration double standard surrounding the Canadian pop star. It […]

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